The Lucky One//twd

017. Road Trip

"No you jackass! I said Blue not Pink!" I laughed at Glenn, "You're horrible at eye spy" His eyebrow raised as he spoke, "Yeah but I still know that you are the prettiest girl in the world." He ended his sentence with softly kissing me. I could feel Blake's eyes burning into my soul as pulled away. I turned my head to stare back at him whenever Glenn spoke, "So guys! Let's do something. We still have a few hours of driving" I just turned to look out the window as Blake mumbled, "Yeah not with her."

I could feel him staring at us until the RV came to a hard stop. "The fuck man!" Blake yelled up to whoever was on the driving shift right now. Every adult ignored us as they rushed out of the RV, Shane was screaming at Jim. "What do you think happened?" I asked the two boys with worry for the older man in my chest. As I get closer to the window to get a better look, I saw Jim lift up his shirt to reveal a bite. Tears filled my eyes and I rushed out of the RV saying "Oh shit"

As I approached the group of adults, Blake and Glenn came up right behind me. "When were you planning on telling us?" I growled at Jim and the group. Shane sighed before saying, "We just found out sweet pea. We didn't know. I-I don't even know what to do" "We can't let him become a geek" Glenn said from behind me. I turned around and gave him a dirty look before looking at the car. Carl and Sophia. I walked over to Shane and whispered, "Deal with this. I'll babysit." Before walking off I hugged Jim.

We'd never been close, actually he kinda scared me half the damn time but he was kind to me. He shouldn't have to deal with this. I glared at Glenn before grabbing Blake's arm and dragging him over to the kids."Whoa whoa whoa" He said stopping us dead in our tracks, "I gotta stay with them. What if he turns." I turned and glared up at him, "What if he turns and those kids see it?! What about them?! Who will protect them?!" I whispered to him.

"Madi!!" Carl yelled as I walked up to the car. A worried look washed over Blake's face, "Hey buddy, let's not yell. We don't know if anyone is nearby that we don't know."

Him saying that immediately brought back the memories. I sat on the hood of the car as the kids and Blake played with some toy cars we found. He'd make a good dad one day. "Helloo? Earth to Madison" Blake said snapping his fingers at my face.

I realized I was staring at his chest for the last 5 minutes, "Huh? What?" I said finally pulling my eyes up to meet his. He nodded his head towards the group of adults tying Jim up to a tree, "Time to go Mads" I was taken back by the nickname, but it felt normal this time he said it.

I couldn't say goodbye to another person. Blake put his arm over me before coming down to my level and whispering, "Come on, let's get in the car with Carl. You don't have to say goodbye to Jim. I know it's hard." I nodded and began walking to the car. Blake pulled his arm off of me and slide his hand between mine, giving it a gentle squeeze. I squeezed his hand softly as we turned behind a yellow truck. I let go as I was looking inside the car, Blake walked up ahead to Carl. "Hey! Look, there's clothes in here!" I yelled towards the boys, as I began to reach for the door, something grabbed my ankle causing me to fall to the floor. Pain rushed up my leg. I let out a painful scream before realizing what had ahold of me.

"Shit. Shit" I whispered to myself as I began kicking the walker that had ahold of me. A gun shot went off and the walkers blood spattered all over me. Yum. I sat there in shock, staring at the walker. She had to have been a teenager, she wore the exact same clothes as Amy the first day we met. My breathing sped up as I thought about Amy. I wasn't there when she was buried, I never got to say goodbye.

Tears filled my eyes as my breathing sped up even more. I pulled my knees close to my chest as I tried to control my breathing. I heard someone walk over and I felt their hand on my back, rubbing it in circles, "Mads you need to breathe" Blake said softly, picking my face up and gently placing our foreheads together, "Follow my breathing honey, please" Our eyes locked as I matched our breathing.

Once my breathing had begun to slow down, he pulled my face into his chest. "I know who you're thinking of..I miss her too." he whispered as he kissed my head. I could feel everyone's eyes on us but I didn't care at this point. I just missed my best friend, and he's all I need.